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National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals’ Virtual Event Uplifts Spirits During Pandemic

PCMA Convene

Henry, president of NCBMP, speak during a session of NCBMP’s Be Inspired Speaker Series: A Night at the Museum. COVID-19 has wreaked economic havoc on many industries, particularly the meetings, hospitality, travel, and tourism sectors, where many employees have been furloughed or laid off. Henry and vice president Nicholas I.

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Keynotes Made Easy with Hotel Speaker Series

SmartMeetings

This puts a lot of pressure on meeting professionals to wow the crowd with a big-name booking, such as Michelle Obama’s speaking engagement last week at Dreamforce in San Francisco. It created a global speaker series called What She Said that features inspirational woman from fashion, music, tech and media.

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Membership Directory: Why Your Organization Needs One & How to Create One

Eventmobi

They’re typically distributed to members at meetings, events, or sent in the mail. The Chamber of Commerce of Great Kansas City , for example, allows people to easily browse and search within their online member list by typing a name, category, or keyword: They also have an online print directory , if you want to check it out!)

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At-Home Perk: How the Specialty Coffee Association Made Its Virtual Event a Sensory Experience

PCMA Convene

Participants could meet the roaster behind the coffee that they were drinking during interviews in the Silk Room. A Coffee Break room featuring recordings of SCA’s Fellows Talks gave participants a chance to meet and talk. In total, SCA produced 300 boxes for 450 registrants for the virtual Re:co, held July 16-17. Fabiana Carvalho.

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Is Your Event Tech Ready for GDPR?

CadmiumCD

CadmiumCD has been preparing for GDPR, and we want to assure you that if you use our services, you are absolutely prepared to handle data in a way that meets these new regulations. For example, if you’re holding a medical conference in Kansas and a German citizen attends, the data you collect in the United States would not be subject to GDPR.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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Best in Show 2016

PCMA Convene

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the meetings and conventions industry is built on relationships — one on one, face to face, rooted in competence and trust. Meetings bring people together, you see, and that applies to the back of the house just as much as it does among attendees. Our readers did not disappoint.

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